Closed Chelsea v Schalke

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea vs Schalke
PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT



2014/15 UEFA Champions League Matchday 1
17th September, Wednesday, 2014
Stamford Bridge
19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

[Jase 43,479]

If anyone is interested, Schalke are playing Borussia Monchengladbach right now...

Edited September 13, 2014 by Jason

[DavidEU 2,023]

If anyone is interested, Schalke is playing Borussia Monchengladbach right now...

And are 1-0 down. Their line up is:

Fährmann – Clemens, Ayhan, Höwedes, Aogo – Höger, Neustädter – Sam, Boateng, Fuchs – Choupo-Moting

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Cannot wait for this one!! The Champions League is nearly back!

Diego Costa to enter beast mode.

[zyzz 711]

Schalke just got trashed 4-1 by mönchengladbach. They have some serious injury problems even though draxler, meyer and huntelaar will probably start against us. Don't think matip will play on wednesday which makes their already bad defense even worse so we should definitely be able to cause them some trouble. Looking forward to the game ​

[zolayes 14,489]

Cannot wait for this one!! The Champions League is nearly back!

Diego Costa to enter beast mode.

we could afford to rest him for City

[CHOULO19 24,332]

we could afford to rest him for City

Yes, I think Remy would do just fine against Schalke. They play a high line and can be found out by pacey strikers like Loic.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Yeah, would like to see a rotation in the XI on this one. Costa, Fabregas, Matic, Ivanovic and Hazard all deserve a nice rest.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

Yeah, would like to see a rotation in the XI on this one. Costa, Fabregas, Matic, Ivanovic and Hazard all deserve a nice rest.

Costa, Fabregas, Matic, Ivanovic - maybe, but I think Hazard will play. He didn't have any international games, so he pretty much rested & trained for 2 weeks.

[zolayes 14,489]

Yeah, would like to see a rotation in the XI on this one. Costa, Fabregas, Matic, Ivanovic and Hazard all deserve a nice rest.

Cech Remy and Luis to start

[didierforever 7,349]

cech

azpi GC JT luis

rambo mikel

willian oscar hazard

remy

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Shit team just lost 4-1, we should be steamrolling these with our current team, expecting a 2/3-0 victory from us again.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

A perfect time to give Costa a break. Remy, please. If everything under control, Drogba could playing too.

Strangely, I don't think this is the right moment for Cech.

[blu35_army 551]

hope cech, zouma, luis, mikel and remy start. we need to keep winning momentum even an ugly win in this match. 3 points and we going to etihad with full of confidence..

[Special Juan 27,429]

Start Remy, start Luis…..

Cech

Brana Zouma Cahill Luis

Ramires Matic

Salah Willian Hazard

Remy

[Sidzeret 2,257]

I would be surprised if Cech and Luis didn't start and Salah didn't get any significant match time.

...................Cech............ .

...Azpili Branna Cahill Luis...

....................Matic..............

........Ramires...............Oscar......

...Willian...........Costa.........Hazard

Also a good opportunity to rectify all the defects in our 4-3-3. Can't see them beating us.

[boshman 1,073]

Came here thinking I might be the only person thinking of a rest for Diego, obviously I was wrong

With City next weekend I don't think we should risk the subject hamstring. Maybe rest Fabregas and JT also. Other than that, the rest the same.

Tibo

Azpi, Iva, Cahill, Luis

Rami, Matic

Hazard, Willian, Schurrle

Remy

[zyzz 711]

Can't see us resting more than 2 players. This is a cl game against probably our main rivals for the first place in the group after all.